Repress
Repress (r?-pr?s") , transitive verb
[Prefix re- + press.]
To press again.
Repress (r?-pr?s") , transitive verb
[Prefix re- + press: compare Latin reprimere, repressum. Compare Reprimand.]
1.
To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.
2.
Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
Desire of wine and all delicious drinks,...
Thou couldst repress.
Repress , noun
The act of repressing. [Obsolete]